Safe haven currencies: a portfolio perspective
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Keywords
Foreign exchange; safe haven currencies; portfolio choice; uncovered interest rate parity; carry trade; purchasing power parity; Markov-switching.;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- F31 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Foreign Exchange
- G15 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - International Financial Markets
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-IFN-2015-07-25 (International Finance)
- NEP-OPM-2015-07-25 (Open Economy Macroeconomics)
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